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Definition for: quarter

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English

Etymology

Via French from Latin quartus

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)tə(r)

Noun

quarter ( plural: quarters )

  1. Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.
  2. (United States and Canada): A coin worth 25 cents.
  3. A period of three consecutive months.
  4. A section or area (of a town, etc.).
  5. An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.
    Quotations
  6. Mercy or pity shown to a defeated opponent (e.g., "We will give no quarter.")

Synonyms

Translations

one of four equal parts

  • Albanian: çerek
  • Catalan: quart
  • Croatian: četvrt
  • Czech: čtvrt
  • Danish:kvart
  • Dutch: kwart
  • Esperanto: kvarono
  • Finnish: neljännes, neljäsosa
  • French: quart m . , quartier
  • German: Viertel n .
  • Hebrew: רבע m .
  • Hungarian: negyed
  • Icelandic: fjórðungur
  • Indonesian: seperempat
  • Interlingua: quarto, quarte parte
  • Italian: quarto m .
  • Japanese: 四分の一 (よんぶんのいち, yon-bun-no-ichi), 四半 (shihan), 四半分 (shihanbun)
  • Persian: چارک (charak)
  • Portuguese: quarto m . , quarta parte f .
  • Romanian: sfert
  • Russian: четверть (četvért’) f .
  • Spanish: cuarto m .
  • Swedish: fjärdedel c . , kvart c . , kvarts c .
  • Telugu: పావు భాగం (paavu bhaagaM), నాలుగో వంతు (naalugO vaMtu)

coin worth 25 cents

  • Dutch: kwartje
  • French: pièce de vingt-cinq cents f .
  • Italian: moneta di venticinque centesimi
  • Persian: بیست و پنج سنتی (bistopanj senti)
  • Spanish: cora f . ( El Salvador ) , cuarto ( Panama )
  • Telugu: పావలా (paavalaa) (Quarter of Indian Rupee)

period of three months

  • Danish: kvatal
  • Dutch: kwartaal, trimester
  • Finnish: neljännesvuosi
  • French: trimestre m .
  • German: Quartal n .
  • Hebrew: רבעון m .
  • Icelandic: fjórðungur
  • Indonesian: kuartal
  • Interlingua: trimestre
  • Japanese: ４半期 / 四半期 (しはんき, shihanki)
  • Persian: فصل (fasl)
  • Portuguese: trimestre m .
  • Russian: квартал m . (kvartal)
  • Spanish: trimestre m .
  • Swedish: kvartal n .
  • Telugu: త్రైమాసికం (traimaasikaM)

section of a town

  • French: quartier m .
  • Hebrew: רובע m .
  • Persian: محله (mahalle)

Transitive verb

to quarter ( third-person singular simple present quarters , present participle quartering , simple past quartered , past participle quartered )

Infinitive
to quarter

Third person singular
quarters

Simple past
quartered

Past participle
quartered

Present participle
quartering

  1. To divide into quarters.
  2. To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
    Quarter the horses in the third stable.

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